Hindrances of the Hinterland: Ranching in Robert Wilcox’s Mato Grosso
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عنوان ژورنال: Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2237-2717
DOI: 10.32991/2237-2717.2020v10i3.p366-370